Mass Air Flow sensor. Used to measure the amount of air entering the intake. This sensor works by heating an element and then measuring the rate of c...
Subject: Re: From supercharged 396 to electric Corvette by anesthes on 2009/10/20 12:22:38
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bogus wrote: I didn't. Someone else did. There was a documentary on one of the cable channels about electric cars. I don't remember the source, just the stat.
When you think about it, it does make some sense. If you drive to a city, especially every where but here in LA, you drive to a transit center and commute in.
I drive about 3 miles to work. Did that in Delaware for all but 3 years of work. When I was in Richmond, I did 15 miles to work.
I suppose. My girlfriend does that. She drives about 25 miles to a commuter station, then takes the train into Boston. She leaves at 6am, and returns home at 6pm.. Long day.
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bogus wrote:
When I worked in Pasadena and Irwindale, that year, literally, was about 35 or 45 miles one way. So when it comes right down to it, my work life has fit into the range of a modern electric car for all but 4 of my 22+ years of work. I am not counting socalizing, and that's where an electric car would really fall down.
True.
For a short duration of time in 2007, I had the silly idea of buying a 'commuter car'. Some brand new crap little chevy called an Aveo they got some impressive MPG with the 5spd. However, I found that whenever I needed to pick something up, I had to go home and get my truck. If I wanted to take the horses out, I had to use my truck, go to Home Depot/Lowes, again the truck, move an engine, the truck. Got to a point where I was ONLY using this little crappy car to get to and from work on days when I was 100% positive I didn't have to go anywhere after work to pick something up that wouldn't fit in the trunk. When you figure out what I was "saving" on gas, the car payment and insurance was costing me twice as much.
I brought it to a dealership in February of this year, with 17k on it and signed it over.
When it comes to electric things, For some applications very useful and work well. If it's anything like any of my dewalt battery operated tools, that constantly need recharging or the electric chainsaw I had for a week until I got a clue - then I'm not quite ready for an electric car.
